Femke Ahlers

My research focuses on using genomic epidemiology to study infectious diseases. I completed a DPhil in Population Health at the University of Oxford (2020-2024), supported by the Oxford Medical Research Council Doctoral Training Partnership and Oxford Population Health.

Prior to my doctoral studies, I read for a BA and MSci in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge (2016-2020), graduating with First Class Honours. I was awarded the Programme for Research in Science and Engineering scholarship to conduct research at Harvard University in the summer of 2019. As I applied to Cambridge at the age of 16, I was given deferred entry and spent my gap year studying the first year of a Bachelor of Medicine at Radboud University in the Netherlands (2015-2016).